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Model of William Murdock's Oscillating Engine, 1785.

1785

Portrait mezzotint print from engraving of Phelps Thomas and Bartlett John, 1778

1778

Medal, Blanchard's balloon ascent, Nuremberg, Germany, 1787

1785

Medal commemorating balloon flight of Blanchard at Frankfurt

1785

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

2000-100 BCE

100 Link Steel Surveying Chain, 1784.

1784

Spoon with folding handle

1778

Joseph Priestley LLD FRS

1782

Praeclarissimus Isaacus Newton Eques

1787

Chronometer watch in silver case by John Arnold and Son

hallmarked 1788

Hydrostatic balance by Jesse Ramsden, London, 1785-1789

1785-1789

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Satirical print of a failed balloon launch from Foley House, London in 1784

1784

English wooden doll

circa 1780

Freud electronic laughing ball

1990-96

Rotative Steam Engine by Boulton and Watt, 1788

1788

Engraving Carte de la Rade e Cherbourg levée en l'année 1787

1787

Print, ascent of a Montgolfier balloon

1783

Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement

1705-1737

Mr Lunardi's New Balloon

1785

Achromatic doublet lens with a focal length of 52 inches

1780

Atmospheric Engine by John Smeaton, 1772

1772 (original); 1919 (model)

Neolithic flint scraper

4000-2001 BCE

Medal, 'Le Flesselles' Montgolfier balloon flight, Lyon, France, 19 January 1784

1784

Medal commemorating the first manned balloon flights

1784

Medal commemorating the Montgolfier unmanned balloon ascent

1783

Medal, commemorating the first balloon ascents in Italy

1784

Engraving of a demonstration to compare lightning conductor designs

1778-1780

Mrs. Sage

1785

Universal microscope with case and lid

1782

Wooden backstaff or Davis quadrant made by John Gilbert on Tower Hill

1730; 1967

Mortar, stoneware, impressed "Wedgwood & Bentley" and "2"

1780

Harpenden pocket stadiometer sent out to Ludlow Boys' School as part of a series of nationwide measurements

1972-3

Plano-convex brick, Ubaid, Iraq, c 2500 BC.

2500 BCE

Length of red silk ribbon worn as a belt to promote general good health

1880-120

Two bladed fleam

1781

Mobile cellular telephone (Motorola 'Flip Phone') model no. F09SQD8955AB

1990-95

Replica of Islamic Astrolabe

1066; 1876

Silver vinaigrette

1786

M. Charles and M. Robert leaving the Tuilleries by balloon

1783

Engraving, Portrait of John Locke Esq.

1786

The Aerostatic Globe

1783

The blacksmith and knifegrinder, with ... Wortley's pavilion etc. in Hyde Park

1780

Viewer microscope, with bead lens, in square body

1888-185

NEMA cryptography machine type T-D

1945-50

One ticket. Entry ticket

1784

Frictional electrostatic machine

1780

Coin balance with iron beam

1779

Excavated neolithic flint perhaps used for trephination

3000-1500

Dicas hydrometer with weights

1781